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neur by a second to claim the
third spot on the podium with his
3-3 tally, Bonneur a frustrated
fourth with his 2-4.
Second went to newcomer
Mike Witkowski—or, rather, the
returning Mike Witkowski.
"The last time I [raced an
OMA], I was on an 85 so, it's
been a while," St. Lawrence
Radiology/Factory Connection
KTM 250 XC-mounted Witkows-
ki, said. "I definitely wanted to
stay up there with him. The first
moto went bad; I crashed, so
that wasn't good, but I feel like I
gained some time on everyone
else after I crashed.
"The second moto was good.
I rode with Stew and learned a
lot."
The FMF/Kenda/Fly Racing
250 XC rider Baylor, said, "I
saw some mistakes [Witkowski]
made in the first moto and
jumped in front of him in that
second one and showed him
some of the lines; he rode awe-
some. I couldn't shake him even
if I wanted to once he got the
track dialed!"
Indeed, Witkowski hung right
with Baylor for most of moto two,
finishing just a second behind at
the checkers. His 4-2 tied him
with Jarrett and Bonneur, but the
second-moto finish gave him the
runner-up spot for the day.
In Pro 2, Baylor's teammate
Jojo Bowden made his OMA de-
but a winning one, going 2-1 for
the class victory over SRT KTM's
Austin Wells who carded a 3-3
finish. Pro 2 points leader Shane
Klimek won the first moto by
three seconds over Bowden, but
a big crash at the start of moto
two left him battered and sixth at
the finish, though his 1-6 still got
him on the podium in third.
Mark Kariya
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
The Pro 2 class provided the most competition again with Jojo Bowden
(1444) making an impressive OMA debut, going 2-1 for the class win.
In only his third
race back from
last year's knee
surgery, Nick
Fahringer was
quick off the
start, grabbing
the $100 FMF
Holeshot Award
both times out.
